Director General of MI5

Director General
of the Security Service (MI5)
Incumbent
Ken McCallum
since 30 March 2020; 4 years ago (2020-03-30)
Security Service (MI5)
ResidenceThames House, London, UK
AppointerHome Secretary
Term lengthNo fixed term
Inaugural holderVernon Kell
1909
FormationSecurity Service Act 1989
Websitehttps://www.mi5.gov.uk/

The Director General of the Security Service is the head of the Security Service (commonly known as MI5), the United Kingdom's internal counter-intelligence and security agency. The Director General is assisted by a Deputy Director General and an Assistant Director General, and reports to the Home Secretary, although the Security Service is not formally part of the Home Office.

List of directors general

Directors General have been:[1]

  1. Maj Gen Sir Vernon Kell, 1909–1940
  2. Brigadier 'Jasper' Harker, Acting, June 1940 – April 1941[2]
  3. Sir David Petrie, 1941–1946
  4. Sir Percy Sillitoe, 1946–1953
  5. Sir Dick White, 1953–1956
  6. Sir Roger Hollis, 1956–1965
  7. Sir Martin Furnival Jones, 1965–1972
  8. Sir Michael Hanley, 1972–1978
  9. Sir Howard Smith, 1978–1981
  10. Sir John Jones, 1981–1985
  11. Sir Antony Duff, 1985–1988
  12. Sir Patrick Walker, 1988–1992
  13. Dame Stella Rimington, 1992–1996
  14. Sir Stephen Lander, 1996–2002
  15. Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller, 2002–2007
  16. Sir Jonathan Evans, 2007–2013
  17. Sir Andrew Parker, 2013–2020
  18. Sir Ken McCallum, from 2020

See also

References

  1. ^ "Former Directors General". Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Oswald Allen Harker (1886–1968)". State Secrets... Archived from the original on 7 October 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2007.